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Canadian dollar dips as global COVID-19 restrictions tighten
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Tuesday - and why
An unsold 2021 S70 sedan sits at a Tesla dealership Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Littleton, Colo.
Joe Biden names senior White House aides, meets with national security advisers
U.S. president-elect Joe Biden speaks during a news conference at The Queen, in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 16, 2020.
Twitter launches disappearing ‘fleets’ feature for all users
This undated handout image courtesy of Twitter shows their new product "Fleets". - Twitter said November 17, 2020, it was rolling out tweets which disappear after 24 hours, joining rival social platforms in offering ephemeral messages. The new "fleets" which had been tested in several countries in recent months are "for sharing momentary thoughts" and aim to bring in users who want to avoid having their comments become permanent fixtures. (Photo by - / TWITTER / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TWITTER /HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/TWITTER/AFP via Getty Images)
Century of Champions: Wayne Gretzky jersey, trophy created for Pele among items headed for auction
A signed, game-worn rookie season Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers road jersey is seen in an undated handout photo.
Globe Retirement Forum: When did you start Canada Pension Plan retirement benefits?
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Ohio Senator joins COVID-19 vaccine study in bid to encourage others to volunteer
Sen. Rob Portman speaks during a news conference in Washington, on Oct. 26, 2020.
Greek police fire tear gas as protesters defy ban on gatherings to mark anniversary of 1973 student uprising
Protesters run away to avoid tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in central Athens, on Nov. 17, 2020.
Pace of Canadian housing starts climbs higher in October
A construction worker shingles the roof of a new home in a development in Ottawa on Monday, July 6, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Hurricane Iota tears across Nicaragua as country hit by second storm in two weeks
A damaged boat is seen as Hurricane Iota approaches Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on Nov. 16, 2020.
U.S. retail sales rise less than expected in October as COVID-19 infections surge
Samantha Mendoza, 15, picks up some jeans at the Stonebriar Mall J.C. Penney store in Frisco, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing retailer to two of the nation's largest landlords and its primary lenders. (Jason Janik/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
German police conduct raids, arrest three people in connection with Dresden jewellery theft
Heavily-armed police stand outside an apartment building during raids in Berlin, on Nov. 17, 2020.
Canadian renewable stocks see tailwinds from global shift to green energy
Wind turbines that make up a part of the Boralex Wind Farm in Lincoln Township, Niagara Peninsula in Ontario on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.
Negative rate risk, QE overload may push central banks towards yield caps
Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington.
Pentagon says it shot down a mock ICBM in sea-based test
In a first for the Pentagon’s push to develop defences against intercontinental-range ballistic missiles capable of striking the United States, a missile interceptor launched from a U.S. Navy ship at sea hit and destroyed a mock ICBM in flight on Tuesday, officials said.
U.S. to reduce troop levels to 2,500 in Iraq, Afghanistan
In this file photo taken on Aug. 12, 2015, U.S. soldiers walk past an Afghan National Army base, in the eastern province of Nangarhar.
BMO highlights Canada’s hottest (and coolest) housing markets
Houses for sale in Calgary.
George Weston hikes dividend as it reports higher third-quarter profit
Galen Weston, CEO of George Weston Limited speaks at the company's annual general meeting in Toronto on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. George Weston Ltd. reported its fourth-quarter profit rose compared with a year earlier, boosted by its underlying business. The company says its net earnings available to common shareholders totalled $433 million or $2.81 per diluted share, up from $271 million or $1.86 per diluted share in the last three months of 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Walmart beats sales expecations on sustained online demand
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 15, 2019, customers arrive at the Walmart supermarket in Buenos Aire. - Walmart said on November 6, 2020, it is selling its operations in Argentina to Grupo de Narvaez, which will cause the global retail giant to take a $1 billion loss. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP) (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images)
Morning Update: Alberta’s contact tracing app used to track COVID-19 exposures just 19 times
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Quebec Premier Francois Legault leave a press conference in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Boris Johnson says devolving powers to Scotland was ‘a disaster’ as independence movement gathers momentum
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2020 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reaches out during a virtual press conference on the coronavirus pandemic at 10 Downing Street in central London. Johnson is self-isolating after being told he came into contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Sunday Nov. 15. "He will carry on working from Downing Street, including on leading the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic," a statement from his office said. (Tolga Akmen / Pool via AP, File)
Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Cannabis seedlings are seen at the Aurora Cannabis grow facility in Montreal on Nov. 24, 2017.
Amazon Pharmacy launches in several U.S. states as online giant takes on established drug retailers
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 28, 2011, the Amazon logo is seen on a podium during a press conference in New York. Shares of pharmacy retailers were hammered early on June 28, 2018, as Amazon entered the market and as Wall Street stocks retreated amid worries over trade tensions. Amazon announced it was acquiring online pharmacy PillPack for terms that were undisclosed, its biggest move yet into healthcare. Amazon shares rose 0.2 percent. But the move by Amazon pummeled pharmacy chains, with CVS Health diving 6.9 percent and Rite Aid plunging 12.6 percent. / AFP PHOTO / Emmanuel DUNANDEMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Icon or eyesore? Regardless, 70s-era Galleria Mall replacement under way
Parenting SOS: How do we get our kids off screens?
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Home Depot to spend $1-billion more on employee compensation as it sees continued surge in demand
People walk through a Home Depot parking lot in Whitby, Ont., on Thursday, May 28, 2020. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
COVID-19 leading some Canadians to turn hobbies into business opportunities
Chelsea Hearty, left, and Ian Moores, the proprietors of Courage Cookies, prepare to open their pop-up shop in Toronto on Saturday, October 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
Former Bank of Japan executive says issuing a digital currency will likely take years
A man wearing a protective mask walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Files
OPEC+ document forecasts weaker oil demand in 2021
A 3D printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed Opec logo in this illustration picture, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Oil steady as pandemic lockdown worries offset vaccine hopes
FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo
Canada criticizes Tanzanian election and arrests of opposition leaders, but won’t withdraw recognition
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu during an interview with AFP on Nov. 14, 2020.
Horrifying and gripping journalism documentary Collective uncovers the truth, at all costs
COLLECTIVE (Documentary). Pictured: Cătălin Tolontan. Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians — and led to the deaths of innocent citizens. Courtesy of Mongrel Media
How a Vancouver-based tech company is helping small businesses fight cybercrime
Michael Argast, CEO of cyber security company Kobalt, poses for a photograph, in Burnaby, B.C., on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
At Toronto’s SickKids hospital, two thirds on wait list have missed their surgery ‘window’
Adam Fisch kisses the forehead of his son Emmett Fisch, 4, while outside on their front porch in North York, Ont., on Oct. 27, 2020.
The close: Wall Street falls as shutdown worries loom, but TSX ends higher
People walk by an electronic sign at Bay and King displaying information from the Toronto Stock Exchange in Toronto on Nov. 5.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
A stock trader walks past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street on November 16, 2020 in New York City. - Wall Street stocks rose early following upbeat news on a coronavirus vaccine and merger announcements in the banking and retail industries. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Flu season in Canada ‘exceptionally low’ so far, public health says
A nurse injects flu vaccine at the Museum of science and technology in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. The museum offered its ample spaces to a hospital in Milan in order to help people keeping safe distance while receiving the vaccine. Health officials and medical groups are urging people to get either the flu shot or nasal spray, so that doctors and hospitals don’t face the extra strain of having to treat influenza in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Does vaccine promise put U.S. consumers in a shopping mood? Retailers may have clues
The toilet paper aisle is seen empty as people shop at a Walmart Supercentre amid coronavirus fears spreading in Toronto on March 13.
Investors in ‘full bull’ mode as vaccine hopes run high: BofA survey
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 12.
Tuesday’s Insider Report: CEO cashes out over $7-million from this large-cap dividend stock
Mental health advice for young Canadians living with roommates during the COVID-19 pandemic
Stephen Liptrap is the CEO of Morneau Shepell
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray
Ethiopians wave national flags as they participate in a two minute ceremony to honour the members of Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) fighting against the Tigray Special Forces, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
Four lessons advisors have learned from the pandemic
Economic crisis, Businessman using mobile smartphone analyzing sales data and economic graph chart that is falling due to the corona virus crisis, Covid-19, stock market crash caused.
Nov. 17: ‘Where are on-the-spot fines for not wearing a mask?’ What readers learned as Australian state beats second wave of COVID-19, plus other letters to the editor
People wear face masks as they walk in a park in Montreal, Sunday, November 15, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Solomon Islands ready to ban Facebook after government criticism on platform
In this image made from UNTV video, Manasseh Sogavare, Prime Minister, Solomon Islands, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on Sept. 26, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York.
Japan, Australia reach agreement-in-principle on defence pact amid concerns over disputed South China Sea
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga, right, attend a bilateral meeting in Tokyo, on Nov. 17, 2020.
Asia stocks edge higher after vaccine hopes push Wall Street to record highs
A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks past an electronic board displaying closing numbers of share prices of Tokyo EStock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2020, as Asian markets react to results of the U.S. presidential election.
Cousins, Vikings overcome Patterson’s kickoff return, beat Bears 19-13
Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles was injured on this hit by Ifeadi Odenigbo of the Minnesota Vikings during the fourth quarter of the game at Soldier Field on Nov. 16, 2020 in Chicago, Ill. The Vikings won 19-13.
Your daily horoscope: November 17
Scorpio.
Canada surpasses 300,000 COVID cases, adding more than 100,000 in past month
A woman wearing a protective mask walks past a face mask mural in Toronto on Nov. 12, 2020.
SpaceX capsule with four astronauts reaches space station
This NASA TV video grab shows Nasa's SpaceX Crew-1 mission aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon as it approaches the International Space Station with Earth visible in the distance on Nov. 16, 2020. Four astronauts were successfully launched on the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" to the International Space Station on Nov. 15, the first of what the U.S. hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring.
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